Resilient heel



E. FUZESSERYF RESILIENT HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED APR, 22. 1920.

1,416,279. Patenfed May 16,1922.

E/mer Fuzess y avwwntoz tween the heel proper and the lift.

utu'ran star WW cent ELlVIEBi rn'znssnrav, or AKRon, OHIO.

Application filed Api'i1 22,

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER F UznssnRY, a citizen of the United States, residing atAkrein in the county of Summit and b'tate of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Resilient Heels, of which the followingis a specification. v p

This invention relates to resilient heels and has particular relation to heel lift composed of rubber, rubber composition or similar substance. 3 The main object of the invention is to provide a lift which when attached to a shoe heel will adhere closely thereto and which will not in use develop an unsightly gap be- The above and otherobjects are accomplished by the novel construction, combi-' nation and arrangement of partshereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Ihave shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, it being understood that the invention is capable of various adaptations and that changes, and variations'may be made and substitutions resorted to which come within the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings in which similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the attaching face of a heel lift constructed in accordance with this invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of same taken approximately on line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a cross sectional View of sam taken on line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4'. is a cross sectional view of a portion of a shoe illustrating the manner in which the lift is attached thereto.

Figure 5 is a plan View of the wearing face of said lift.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 6 is used generally to denote the wearing face of the lift and the numeral 7 the attaching face. The numeral 8 is used to denote the breast and the numeral 9 the rear and lateral sides of the heel. The wearing face of the heel 1s provided with a configuration in has-relief in the form of a rib 10 which is positioned thereon in spaced relation to the sides 9 of the lift. Each end of the rib 10 terminates relatively remote nnsitrniv'r 'HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent 14 is in contact eame may 16,1922. eae. SerialNo. 375,690. l

from the breast 8. T he outer; side lldthe inner side 12 and the ends 13 .of the rib 10 are normally disposed at a right angle to the wearing facebiof. the. lift. The attaching face 7 is provided with a depressed configuration in the form of-aishallow groove 15 which has a bottom 14- which is parallel with the faceof the rib 1,0 and is substan f tially coextensive therewith. The groove 15 has an outer wall which 'is inclined upwardly fromth'e'bottom 14 to the upper edge of :the sides 9 andan inner wall which is in-v clined inwardly at [approximately the same angle. The end walls OfSELlCl groove are .in'clined upwardly to the-upper edge-of the breast 8 The central poi-tion of the attach ing face 7 is flatandslightly lower than the f I upper edge of. thesides 9- and extends outwardly-in the same plane to'-'the upperg'edge denotenail holes which are 'positionedQin ofthejbreast 8. The numeral 16 is used to I;

spaced relation in the rib 10 and extend through the top of the lift to the embedded aso washers17. I r I In attaching the liftto shoe heel',;-the

attaching face is'first placed in contact with:

the face of the heel proper 19 and nails 18 or other suitable fastening means are driven into theholes 16 until the head of the ,nail

is in contact with the washers 17. The nails are driven into the face of the heel proper untilthe face of the rib 10 is drawninto.

the same plane with the wearing face 6 of the lift and the bottom of the groove with the faceof the heel proper 19. v i

Itwill thus be seen that when the lift attaching face is held flat against the face of the lift 19 andthat the wearing surface of the heel is parallel thereto. It willalso be i seen that when the'lift isthus attached, it will be distorted and a groove 20 will be formed entirely around the rib 10- and it will also be noted that the upper edge of the sides 9 will be held in forced contact with the fa'c'e'of the heel 19. i -While I have shown and describedLtheinvention as applied to aheel lift, it 'is apparent that the same may beapplied tola rubberheelf A J T Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire'to secure by Letters-Patent is L I 1-. An elastic heel lift provided on its wearing face with a rib of rectangular cross mid section which projects therefrom in parallel spaced relation to the edge thereof and provided on its attaching face with a groove having diverging side walls and a bottom. wall which is of substantially the same area as the wearing face of said rib, the outer wall of said groove terminating coincident.

with the edge of the lift.

2. An elastic heel lift provided on its wearing face with a rib of rectangular crosssection which projects therefrom in parallel, spaced relation to the edge thereof, each, end of said rib terminating in spaced relation to the breast of the lift and provided on, its attaching .face with a bottom wall which is of substantially the same width as the wearing face of said rib and having diverging side walls, the outer wall of said groove termlnating at the edge of said lift,

said groove provided at each end with aninclined wall which extends upwardly to the breast of the lift. v Aheel lift comprising an elastic body providedon its wearing face with a low rib side walls and outwardly inclined end walls,

the upper ed'geof the outer wall extending along the curved edge of the lift and the upper edge of the end walls extending along the breast edge thereof.

4. A heel lift comprising a body of resili-L ent material, provided on its wearing face witha low flat rib of rectangular cross section which is positioned thereon in spaced parallel relation to the peripheral edge of the lift, nail receiving openings in said rib,

a groove formed in the attaching face there of so that the face of the rib will lie in the same plane with the wearing face of the lift when the same is distorted by being at tached to a heel.

5. A heel lift comprising a body of resilient material, provided on its wearing face with a low rib of rectangular cross section which is positioned thereon in parallel spaced relation to the peripheral edge of the 1 lift, nail receiving openings in saidrib, the

attaching face of the lift being provided with achannel which is positioned therein directly opposite said rib, the-outer wall of said channel being inclined upwardlyfrom' the bottom thereof to the peripheral edge of the lift and the inner wall of'said channel beinginclined upwardly at a similar angle, the central portion of said attaching face being flat and dlsposed ina plane lower than the peripheral edge ofsaidattaching face,

substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ELMER' FUZE SSERY. 

